Mount Evia Church

The community around Mount Evia Church

It takes 5.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 45.4%
• Food Insecurity: 25.7%
• Diabetes: 18.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.5%
• Poverty Rate: 19.9% (9.2–30.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.7% (5.6–17.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Evia Church

• Swango Church — 1.3 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 2.5 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 3.2 mi away
• Corn Cobb Church — 3.4 mi away
• McDonald Grove Church — 3.6 mi away
• Second Concord Church — 3.7 mi away
• Pilgrims Rest Church — 3.8 mi away in Sardis, MS
• Black Church — 4.1 mi away
• Locke Station Church — 4.9 mi away in Marks, MS
• Mud Lake Church — 4.9 mi away in Crenshaw, MS